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Manila.jpg Preliminaries The objectives of the Open Government Partnership are noteworthy:  together with their citizens and key agencies,  to fully realize the commitments of governments (the Philippines, in a group of eight founding countries) to promote transparency, empowering citizens, fight…

Capitol_Building_3.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its eighth progress reports for public comment; this one is on the United States and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher…

With the OGP Summit rapidly approaching, we're looking for people interested in giving quick fire talks on empowering citizens at the Speakers' Stand in the Summit's Festival space. During the Festival portions of the Summit the Speakers' Stand will host quick fire…

This post originally appeared on All About Open Data. National and regional nodes of the Open Data Institute (@UKODI) must be established in every Open Government Partnership member country. With the ODI Summit and the OGP Summit occurring during the same week in London at…

Jakarta_Skyline_Part_2.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its seventh of eight progress reports for public comment; this one is on Indonesia and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher…

Mexico.jpg The draft version for public comments of the Independent Progress Report on Mexico´s first National Action Plan (NAP) has been recently launched. No doubt this is a milestone for both the ongoing Mexican OGP process and for the global…

With 10 days to go until the London Summit, we wanted to share a few reflections on one aspect of this event that the OGP team is quite excited about: the Bright Spots Competition.  As you may have seen from last…

In March 2013 the Omidyar Network funded the formation of a Media Council to comment on the objectives and performance of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). It was felt OGP discussions had lacked a media perspective. The council is entirely…

Representatives of Irish Civil Society who have engaged in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process have written this open letter to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin T.D. We are seeking a meeting with him to clarify…

Cabo San Lucas Rocks 700.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its sixth of eight reports; this one is on Mexico and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher…